Dan Graham's Fashion and Architecture at Francesca Minini
The Francesca Minini gallery in Milan presents 'Dan Graham. Fashion and Architecture', an exhibition exploring the dialogue between fashion and architecture through the conceptual artist's career. Dan Graham (Urbana, Illinois, 1942) has for over fifty years addressed the limits of representation, working across installation, architecture, performance, video, writing, and photography, while engaging with fashion, music, and politics. The show traces key themes via projects for the fashion world, including drawings and collages for Liza Bruce's London boutique—the New York designer known for swimwear and essential forms—and an S-shaped pavilion of reflective and transparent two-way glass created for Céline's spring/summer 2017 show in Paris. This walk-in structure, typical of Graham's public art, adapts to the runway, interposing between models (clothing) and spectators. In the gallery's last room, 'Don't Trust Anyone Over 30' is a video conceived as a live rock'n'roll piece (with music by Japanther) featuring Muppet-style puppets.
Key facts
- Dan Graham was born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1942.
- The exhibition is titled 'Dan Graham. Fashion and Architecture'.
- It is held at the Francesca Minini gallery in Milan.
- The show focuses on the dialogue between fashion and architecture.
- It includes drawings and collages for Liza Bruce's London boutique.
- Liza Bruce is a New York fashion designer known for swimwear and essential forms.
- A pavilion was made for Céline's spring/summer 2017 show in Paris.
- The pavilion is an S-shaped structure of reflective and transparent two-way glass.
- The video 'Don't Trust Anyone Over 30' features music by Japanther and Muppet-style puppets.
- Graham's practice spans installation, architecture, performance, video, writing, and photography.
Entities
Artists
- Dan Graham
- Liza Bruce
Institutions
- Francesca Minini
- Céline
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Urbana
- Illinois
- London
- United Kingdom
- New York
- United States
- Paris
- France